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USGS us70005xh7

23 Oct 2019, 01:22

257 km W of Abepura, Indonesia

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated11 January 2020Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 257 km W of Abepura, Indonesia?

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-2.617000, 138.318800

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us70005xh7
Coordinates
-2.617, 138.3188
Network
us
Significance
385